2. D ENOMINATIONAL BAPTISM Matt. 28:19; Mk. 16:15,16; Eph. 4:4,5

3. I. COMMON ERRORS REGARDING BAPTISM AMONG MODERN-DAY DENOMINATIONS  Sprinkling or pouring as baptism, Jno. 3:23; Acts 8:38; Rom. 6:4  Infant baptism, Mk. 16:16; Acts 2:38  “Baptism is an outward sign of an inward salvation.” Mk. 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Pet. 3:21  “One should be baptized because Jesus was baptized.” Mk. 1:4; Matt. 3:5,6, 13-15; Jno. 1:29-34; Matt. 3:16,17

4. I. COMMON ERRORS REGARDING BAPTISM AMONG MODERN-DAY DENOMINATIONS  “One must be baptized to enter the church.” 1 Cor. 12:13; Mk. 16:16  “One should be baptized after being saved by praying for salvation.” Acts 9:10-12; 22:16; Rom. 10:13,14; Mk. 16:15,16  Most denominations do not baptize by the authority of Christ, Matt. 28:18,19; Acts 2:38

5. II. What if one has been immersed in a human denomination for the remission of sins? Mk. 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Pet. 3:21; Mk. 1:4; Acts 19:1-5  One Should Be Baptized -  in order to become a Christian, Acts 11:26; Matt. 28:19  to partake of the blessing in Christ, Eph. 1:3-7; Rom. 6:3  to be a part of God's family, Jno. 1:12; Gal. 3:26-27  in harmony with the teaching about the kingdom, Matt. 4:17; Matt. 16:19; Acts 8:5, 12; Matt. 7:21; Col. 1:13  to get into Christ's body, 1 Cor. 12:13; Rom. 6:3

6. Assembly of God, Baptist, Catholic, Church of God, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Pentecostal, Presbyterian Invisible “Christian Church” or Invisible “Body of Christ”

7. II. What if one has been immersed in a human denomination for the remission of sins? Mk. 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Pet. 3:21; Mk. 1:4; Acts 19:1-5  One Should Be Baptized -  in order to become a Christian, Acts 11:26; Matt. 28:19  to partake of the blessing in Christ, Eph. 1:3-7; Rom. 6:3  to be a part of God's family, Jno. 1:12; Gal. 3:26-27  in harmony with the teaching about the kingdom, Matt. 4:17; Matt. 16:19; Acts 8:5, 12; Matt. 7:21; Col. 1:13  to get into Christ's body, 1 Cor. 12:13; Rom. 6:3  The people in Acts 2 must have been taught about the church, vs. 40, 42, 41; 8:1

8. I II. BAPTISM OF THE GREAT COMMISSION AND THE CHURCH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT  One is saved after being baptized. The saved are in the N.T. Church, Eph. 5:23  One is made a disciple, a Christian by baptism. But disciples, Christians made up the N.T. church, Acts 11:26  The N.T. Church and being in Christ. 1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 1:22-23

9. I II. BAPTISM OF THE GREAT COMMISSION AND THE CHURCH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT  A person should be baptized to enter God's family (Gal. 3:26,27); the N.T. church is the "house" (family) of God, 1 Tim. 3:15.  A person is baptized in harmony with the teaching of the N.T. was in the kingdom and in the N.T. church, Matt. 16:18-19; Heb. 12:22-23, 28; Col. 1:13  The people baptized in Acts 2 formed a church in Jerusalem, 2:47; 8:1

10. I. COMMON ERRORS REGARDING BAPTISM AMONG MODERN-DAY DENOMINATIONS  Sprinkling or pouring as baptism  Infant baptism  “Baptism is an outward sign of an inward salvation.”  “One should be baptized because Jesus was baptized.”  “One must be baptized to enter the church.”  “One should be baptized after being saved by praying for salvation.”  Most denominations do not baptize by the authority of Christ.

11. II. What if one has been immersed in a human denomination for the remission of sins? One Should Be Baptized -  in order to become a Christian  to partake of the blessing in Christ  to be a part of God's family  in harmony with the teaching about the kingdom  to get into Christ's body  The people in Acts 2 must have been taught about the church

12. I II. BAPTISM OF THE GREAT COMMISSION AND THE CHURCH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT  One is saved after being baptized. The saved are in the N.T. Church.  One is made a disciple, a Christian by baptism. But disciples, Christians made up the N.T. church.  The N.T. Church and being in Christ.  A person should be baptized to enter God's family (Gal. 3:26,27); the N.T. church is the "house" (family) of God.  A person baptized in harmony with the teaching of the N.T. was in the kingdom and in the N.T. church.  The people baptized in Acts 2 formed a church in Jerusalem.